Unraveling the 3D genome: Genomics tools for multiscale exploration

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 357-372

  Risca, Viviana I ^a   Greenleaf, William J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Genome architecture; Genomics methods; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL GENOME; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; CONFORMATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOFTWARE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

METAZOA;

CHROMATIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84937513337     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2015.03.010     Document Type: Review

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